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J. M. WARNER.

OASH RECORDER.

No. 399,953. Patented Mar. 19, 1889..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFEIcE.

JAMES M. WARNER, OF LONDON, OHIO.

CASH-RECORDER.

SPEQIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,953, dated March 19, 1889.

Application filed November 2 1888- Serial No. 89,813. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES M. WARNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at London, in the county of Madison and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Recorders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved cashrecorder; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the parts thereof hereinafter described, and definitely pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and conveniently-arranged recording device for the entry of cash sales, and cost of articles disposed of in mercantile establishments. 1 attain this object by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a top view. Fig. 2 is a bottom view with the bottom casing removed. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, looking'in the direction of the arrow. Fig. 4 is a similar view looking in an opposite direction, the device being inverted. Fig. 5 is a side view of one of the rollers, and Fig. 6 is a cross-section of the same.

In the drawings, A represents the frame or casing having an opening or window, a, cut in its central front portion, which has a sash or frame, a, arranged around its lower edges inclosing a glass, M, which partly covers the opening a. This opening a is preferably made somewhat wider than its longitudinal length to permit two columns of the recordslips coming into View.

An elongated longitudinal slot, b, is cut in the front to the side of the opening a, through which passes the operating-key l3. Formed in the side walls of the interior of the casing A, at the ends, are inclined grooves 17, the inclination of the grooves at each end being toward those opposite. The lower ends of these grooves are rounded and form bearings for the rollers O and O, which extend across the casing at the respective ends. The ends of the rollers abut against the side walls of the grooves, so as to prevent any lateral movement thereof. The roller 0 is formed with a sector-shaped recess in its side having an inclined end wall. In this recess is fitted a removable section, 0 which fills the opening. The end of the paper is placed between the roller and the removable strip, and the same is then wound around the roll, binding the strip in' the recess and holding the end of the paper in place, or the strip may be keyed in the recess, if desired. 011 one end of the roller 0 is rigidly fixed a ratchetwheel, o, the teeth of which slant in one direction only.

The operating-pawl consists of a metallic spring, D, bent in substantially a bow shape, the upper end of which is held in a pivoted clasp, D, to which the key B is secured after passing through the slot in the front. This clasp D is pivoted to the side of the casing in a manner that secures the spring-pawl in a position that admits of its being forced down. Its end, being in contact with the teeth of the ratchet-wheel, turns the same and the roller to which it is attached. The movement of the pawl tends to straighten the same, and its resiliency carries it back to its original bow shape, thereby forcing the key up into position for again forcing the pawl down and rotating the roller.

To prevent the rollers from moving too freely, I place the ends of a steel spring, E, in contact therewith, the pressure of which also prevents any movement other than a rotary movement of the rollers. The inner central face of the front or top of the casing is grooved at F, or gradually decreased in thickness toward the opening a from near the respective ends of the casing, having perpendicular sides. This groove corresponds in width to that of the opening.

G is a tablet or rest, forming a support for the paper below the opening a. This tablet G is arranged to cover the entire opening a, and its ends extending above and beyond the sides of the groove -F, at which point they are placed in mortised blocks g, secured to the casing.

Buttons or retaining-strips H are pivoted on the upper face of the blocks 9, which are adapted to be turned over the ends of the tablet G and hold it in position.

The material used for recording is paper arranged in long continuous strips the width of the opening a, the ends of which are attached to the respective rollers after passing the same over the face of the tablet below the opening a. The underside of the casing is preferably hinged and provided with a look, so as to readily gain access to the interior. 4

The operation of the device is as follows: The roll of paper is placed on roller 0 and the end is attached to roller 0. As a sale is made, it is marked on the paper in front of the glass at the opening a, the cost being put on one sideof a central ruled line and the amount received parallel with it on the other side. The key is then moved, carrying the paper forward and the figures below the glass, leaving a blank at the opening a. By this arrangement the entire sales of the day, with the cost, are recorded in a straight line ready for adding. The rolls are then taken out by forcing them past the spring E and the paper taken from them, or the paper may be taken from the roll 0 and the pawl forced past or above the ratchet-wheel and the paper thus unrolled from the latter where it has been collected during the day.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a recorder, the combination, with the casing having an opening in its upper side, a glass arranged over part of the opening-rollers mounted in the end portions of the easing, one being removable and the other having a ratchet-Wheel thereon, a spring-pawl, as D, constructed of a single piece of metal, one end of which is placed in contact with the ratchet-wheel, the pivoted clasp DJ, in which the opposite end of the spring is secured, a key on the clasp extending through the casing, the tablet G,'re1novably held below the opening in the casing, and the spring E, substantially as describe 2. In a recorder, the combination, with the casing having an opening in its top and a recess, as F, in the under side of the top of brackets g, arranged at the sides of the recess, the tablet G, removably held in the brackets below the opening, the rollers C and O, the ratchet-wheel on one of the rollers, and the pawl and key for actuating the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. WARNER.

IVitnesses J ESSE PAINE, SHERMAN WILLOUGHBY. 

